Book Genres and Their Characteristics

What is the key characteristic of the genre 'Realistic Fiction'?

• Made-up stories that could happen in real life

• Stories based on historical events with real people

• Tales involving magical creatures and fantasy worlds

• Non-fiction accounts of actual events

Which genre is described as 'Suspenseful stories about a puzzling event or problem that is solved at the end of the story'?

• Mystery

• Romance

• Science Fiction

• Biography

Stories with magic, monsters, and other imaginary elements belong to which genre?

• Fantasy

• Biography

• Non-fiction

• Historical

Which genre uses science and technology (space; aliens; robots; futuristic imagined universe) as key characteristics?

• Science Fiction/Dystopian

• Historical Fiction

• Fantasy

• Mystery

Fictional stories based around real people and events from the past are called what?

• Historical Fiction

• Science Fiction

• Fantasy

• Biography

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Which genre involves writing that creates emotions and is arranged in lines which often have rhythm & rhyme?

• Poetry

• Biography

• Science Fiction

• Essay

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True stories written by another person are called what?

• Biography

• Autobiography

• Fiction

• Poetry

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True stories written by that person are called what?

• Autobiography

• Biography

• Fiction

• Memoir

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Texts that provide facts about a variety of topics belong to which genre?

• Informational

• Fiction

• Poetry

• Drama

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Stories passed down from one group to another in history are called what?

• Traditional Literature (Folktale, Fable, Fairy Tale, Legend, Myth)

• Science Fiction

• Biography

• Poetry

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